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2015rif. 049535Australia: The Wyandotte Club of Australia Inc. 2015. viii 280pp bw & col ills. Pictorial glossy boards. As new. SIGNED by editor and one of the authors Brad Anderson on title page. Limited edition of 100 copies of which this #40. Signed by 2 Authors. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. Small 4to. The Wyandotte Club of Australia Inc. Hardcover
1982rif. 016900Wellington: Nova Pacifica 1982. VERY HEAVY. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Preface covering the history of the commissioning and subsequent provenance of the paintings by Dr J C Yaldwyn. 408 pages 89 plates in full colour illustrating 155 birds. Prev owner's name has been erased from the upper corner of the tinted front flyleaf leaving a pale patch. Binding: sewn and cased quarter linen spine and imitation leather boards blocked in gold on spine in dust-jacket which is lightly foxed on the blind side. Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. With original individual mailing carton. The book includes a biography of Lodge historical introduction and text to accompany each plate by Sir Charles Fleming. The colour plates and accompanying texts give the history of the discovery bio-geography and evolutionary development of the species illustrated and discusses the impact of man and the problems of conservation today. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio. Nova Pacifica Hardcover
2011rif. 051617Heidelberg: Springer Verlag 2011. xvii 263pp index references bw & col ills diagrams. Green boards. As new. The care and breeding of ratites such as ostrich and rhea in a farming situation. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Springer Verlag Hardcover
rif. 021699Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales HEAVY. 334 372pp 62 20 42 bw plates indices line drawings. Green cloth boards. Some occasional toning to pages endpapers toned. Volumes 10 and 11 of this prestigious journal from 1941-1951 bound together complete in one volume. Numerous articles on fish birds mollusca insects notably bees and butterflies and mammals. Periodical. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Hardcover
2002rif. py-102London: T & A D Poyser Ltd. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and lightly marked dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 300mm x 240mm 12" x 9". xvi 884pp. Heavy book - extra shipping needed for overseas. . T & A D Poyser Ltd hardcover
rif. 0415734525.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1979rif. 1708240630xbvkCa. 1505 (Original) / Firenze, Barbéra, 1976; Tokyo, Iwanami Shoten, 1979. 21 pages of japanese introduction, pages (23)-75 bilingual transcription in japanese and italian languages, p. (76)-84 bilingual index, p. (85)-94 japanese commentary; the (38)-pages softcover bound ilustrated manuscript lies in a specially designed grey-cloth case folowing the textpart (even Leonardo would have been happily impressed by this bookbinder's construction), followed by another blank sheet. - Publisher's gilt-titled darkbrown full leather binding over 4 raised bands in a darkbrown full-leather slipcase; 4to.(ca. 31 x 21 x 3 cm;; Codex ca. 21 x 15 cm; ca. 1,5 kg.).
19708vo. Pp. 948,[4], numerous col. figs. on 32 pls., 356 drawings and 429 distrib. charts in text, 3 maps (incl. frontisp.), bibl., indexes. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. Little wear to jacket, good otherwise.
1873rif. cw66Paris, E. Dentu, Libraire-Editeur, Palais-Royal, galerie d'Orléans Relié 1873 2 volumes in-8, (13.5x22.5 cm), relié demi-basane, dos à 2 nerfs titré, 589 et 578 pages, frontispice du tome 1 illustré en noir et blanc, 4e édition ; rousseurs et mouillures dans le texte, état très correct. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1897rif. 2496Couverture rigide Henri Jouve 1897 Paris 24x15,5 cm
1903rif. 094702London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society 1903. 8th Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Eighth edition annotated and enlarged by the author octavo hardback.Green cloth gilt xxivi 248 pages Good condition Previous owner's name on front end paper. Theosophical Publishing Society hardcover
rif. 288441953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . A LOVELY SET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION RED BOARDS AND PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPERS. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS G.C.M.G. VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. INSCRIPTION TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OF EACH VOLUME. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 1953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON hardcover
rif. 29786LONDON OLIVER & BOYD 1953. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . A LOVELY SET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION RED BOARDS AND DUSTWRAPPERS A FEW REMAINS OF SELLOTAPE ON INSIDE OF DW. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. LONDON, OLIVER & BOYD, 1953 hardcover
rif. 31612LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1922. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE BOARDS. TEG. SOME WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTON OF SPINE. COLOUR FRONTIS LOOSE. INSCRIPTION. ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS. AN ACCOUNT OF AN ORNITHOLOGIST`S CAMPING TRIPS IN THE ARCHIPELAGO. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1922 hardcover
1961rif. 038605Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1961. Book. Illus. by D.M. Henry; C. E. Talbot Kelly et al. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A good run of 5 years 1961-1965 all in the original parts with wrappers 6 parts per year part nos. 4 & 5 missing from 1962 otherwise all years complete = total 28 parts. Some colour plates after various artists including D. M. Henry and Chloe Talbot Kelly. Additionally plates of b/w illustrations and numerous b/w photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good with a little general wear some with original labels and notices attached. Contents clean and tight a few original inserts and adverts. A very good run of this important avicultural journal. Stephen Austin & Sons [Printers] Paperback
rif. 34153FRANCE SEOF EDITIONS 2017. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE SOFTBACK COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. TEXT IN FRENCH. A VERY SCARCE BOOK. FRANCE, SEOF EDITIONS, 2017 unknown
rif. 343251968 COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS MIDDLESEX. 2 VOLUMES. QUARTO VERY GOOD CONDITION IN ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH. WITH SLIPCASE. A DETAILED WORK ON DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK & WHITE AND COLOUR. SIGNATURE ON FEP OF BOTH VOLUMES. 1968 COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS, MIDDLESEX hardcover
rif. 30380MIDDLESEX COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS1968. TWO VOLUMES QUARTO IN SLIPCASE. VERY GOOD CONDITION. NEAT OWNER'S NAME TO FEP IN VOL. 1. A DETAILED WORK ON DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK & WHITE AND COLOUR. POSTAGE WILL BE EXTRA. MIDDLESEX, COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS,1968 unknown
rif. 39172GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907. SECOND EDITION VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BROWN BUCKRAM. ON MOORLAND AND SEA WITH FAUNAL NOTES EXTENDING OVER FORTY YEARS. WITH COLOURED MAP AND NUMERUS ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY GOOD. GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907 hardcover
rif. 39177LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1889. 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN DARK BLUE BOARDS. RECORDS OF WILD SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY ON MOORLAND AND SEA. SCARCE. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1889 hardcover
1890rif. 033859Chelmsford: Edmund Durrant et al 1890. Book. Illus. by Whymper Charles. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to a slip tipped on to the front free end paper "A. M. McAldowie Esq.re M.D. KC with the Author's compts July 1984" Very large bookplate stamped Ex. Libris A. M. McAldowie to the front paste-down. Alexander Morison McAldowie - Scottish physician folklore expert and ornithologist author of The Birds of Staffordshire 1893 engraved bookplate of F. C. S. N. The Daltry Library to the verso of the front free end-paper; pp. viii 302 6 - adverts; lithographic frontispiece plate with original tissue guard after Charles Whymper 2 b/w plates of plans of decoys with hand colouring in outline further full-page engravings of decoys; each bird species illustrated with a woodcut after those in Yarrell a few specially drawn by G. E. Lodge and several from other sources; list of subscribers. Original red cloth hardback binding with black lettering very good with a little light wear spine a little faded. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy. Much more than the usual avifauna with an excellent collection of biographies of the principal Essex ornithologists a chapter on wild-fowl decoys and wild-fowling in Essex plus chapter on Hawks and Hawking in Essex. Essex Field Club Special Memoirs - vol. II. Edmund Durrant et al Hardcover
rif. 15140COUNTRY LIFE. LONDON. 1973. VERY GOOD FOUR VOLUME SET CREAM CLOTH FIFTH IMPRESSION 1973. SIXTEEN PLATES IN COLOUR BY PETER SCOTT AND THIRTY-THREE DISTRIBUTION MAPS. COUNTRY LIFE. LONDON. 1973 hardcover
1973rif. 039263Melbourne: Lansdowne Press 1973. Book. Illus. by William T. Cooper. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - Landscape 27.5 x 39.5cm. 584 pages. Almost 500 coloured plates by William T. Cooper; numerous b/w. illustrations and maps. Original dust jacket near fine a little dust marked on the inside only. Hardback binding near fine very slightly marked. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions; a little dust marking to the top edge. A near fine copy. Bibliographic note: this work was reprinted several times but in much smaller format than this sumptuous first edition. Please note this is a very large heavy book 4.8kg and a small postal surcharge may apply. Lansdowne Press Hardcover
2007rif. 037183London: Maggs Bros. and Peregrine Books 2007. Book. Fine. Hardback. Limited Edition. Folio. This is copy number 87 of 120 Standard Copies There were also 40 De Luxe Copies. Pp. xv 257 42 tipped-in colour plates facsimiles of lists of subscribers and original wrappers printed on pink paper. Dust jacket with a little rubbing to edges slightly creased at head of spine. Hardback binding of plum buckram fine; contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Maggs Bros. and Peregrine Books Hardcover
rif. 11730EDINBURGH OLIVER & BOYD LTD1968. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP SLIGHT LOSS TO TOP OF SPINE. FOLDING MAP AT THE REAR OF THE BOOK. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE ALSO 40 COLOUR PLATES. EDINBURGH, OLIVER & BOYD LTD,1968 unknown
